The Persistence Of Erroneous Beliefs Exacerbates The

My Colleagues In Elementary Particle Theory In Many Lands [and I] Are Driven By The Usual Insatiable Curiosity Of The Scientist, And Our Work Is A Delightful Game. I Am Frequently Astonished That It So Often Results In Correct Predictions Of Experimental Results. How Can It Be That Writing Down A Few Simple And Elegant Formulae, Like Short Poems Governed By Strict Rules Such As Those Of The Sonnet Or The Waka, Can Predict Universal Regularities Of Nature?

The Persistence Of Erroneous Beliefs Exacerbates The Widespread Anachronistic Failure To Recognize The Urgent Problems That Face Humanity On This Planet.

Today The Network Of Relationships Linking The Human Race To Itself And To The Rest Of The Biosphere Is So Complex That All Aspects Affect All Others To An Extraordinary Degree. Someone Should Be Studying The Whole System, However Crudely That Has To Be Done, Because No Gluing Together Of Partial Studies Of A Complex Nonlinear System Can Give A Good Idea Of The Behavior Of The Whole.

If You Know The Wavefunction Of The Universe, Why Aren't You Rich?

Niels Bohr Brainwashed A Whole Generation Of Theorists Into Thinking That The Job (interpreting Quantum Theory) Was Done 50 Years Ago.